Dmitri Shostakovich

A Catalogue, Bibliography, and Discography, Third Edition

Derek C. Hulme - Foreword by Irina Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, and the first major Soviet composer. He is also a figure of some controversy, following the publication in the West in 1979 of his memoirs Testimony.

Derek Hulme's catalogue of the composer's works was first published privately in 1982. This third edition adds greatly to the information contained therein and brings it up to date. For each numbered work and all the known unnumbered compositions, Hulme provides a short description of the piece, and lists date of composition, dedicatee, forces the work employs, location of the autograph score, duration, arrangements of the work, premiere(s), an extensive list of recordings, and reference to bibliography items where the piece is discussed in any detail. The entries are presented in order of opus number, with unnumbered compositions inserted appropriately within this chronological sequence.

The catalogue is supplemented by a series of appendices, which includes a chronological chart of the composer's life and work and a discussion of the monogram DSCH, a musical motif based on his name that permeates his compositions.
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Derek Hulme is a jet engine designer and part-time dance band trumpeter. He has published numerous articles and recording notes on Shostakovich.

Chapter 1 Foreword to the Second EditionChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 Preface to the Third EditionChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 AbbreviationsChapter 6 IntroductionChapter 7 CATALOGUEChapter 8 BibliographyChapter 9 BBC BroadcastsChapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music PublishersChapter 11 II Television and Theatre ProductionsChapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's MusicChapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical EventsChapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful WorksChapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and TributesChapter 16 VII Index of Russian TitlesChapter 17 PostscriptChapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers)Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)

Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade...— Music & Letters

Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone.— Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association

A massive work of scholarship and organisation.— Inverness Courier

Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist.— The Slavonic and East European Review

Reviews from the Second EditionDerek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade.— Music & Letters

Dmitri Shostakovich

A Catalogue, Bibliography, and Discography, Third Edition

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Summary

Summary

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, and the first major Soviet composer. He is also a figure of some controversy, following the publication in the West in 1979 of his memoirs Testimony.

Derek Hulme's catalogue of the composer's works was first published privately in 1982. This third edition adds greatly to the information contained therein and brings it up to date. For each numbered work and all the known unnumbered compositions, Hulme provides a short description of the piece, and lists date of composition, dedicatee, forces the work employs, location of the autograph score, duration, arrangements of the work, premiere(s), an extensive list of recordings, and reference to bibliography items where the piece is discussed in any detail. The entries are presented in order of opus number, with unnumbered compositions inserted appropriately within this chronological sequence.

The catalogue is supplemented by a series of appendices, which includes a chronological chart of the composer's life and work and a discussion of the monogram DSCH, a musical motif based on his name that permeates his compositions.

Derek Hulme is a jet engine designer and part-time dance band trumpeter. He has published numerous articles and recording notes on Shostakovich.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword to the Second EditionChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 Preface to the Third EditionChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 AbbreviationsChapter 6 IntroductionChapter 7 CATALOGUEChapter 8 BibliographyChapter 9 BBC BroadcastsChapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music PublishersChapter 11 II Television and Theatre ProductionsChapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's MusicChapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical EventsChapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful WorksChapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and TributesChapter 16 VII Index of Russian TitlesChapter 17 PostscriptChapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers)Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)

Reviews

Reviews

Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade...— Music & Letters

Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone.— Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association

A massive work of scholarship and organisation.— Inverness Courier

Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist.— The Slavonic and East European Review

Reviews from the Second EditionDerek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade.— Music & Letters